The city of La Cañada Flintridge recently won a $123,500 grant from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery’s Rubberized Pavement Program for rubberized asphalt, known for its durability and noise-dampening qualities, to be installed through its annual street resurfacing program.

Pile-driving operations along the Golden State (5) Freeway near the intersection of Buena Vista Street and Winona Avenue are on schedule to wrap up later this month, an official with the California Department of Transportation said Tuesday.
Part of an...

The Verdugo Road on-ramp to the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway in Burbank will be closed this weekend as crews pour new concrete.
The 55-hour closure begins Friday at 10 p.m. and will last until Monday at 5 a.m. The work is part of a California...

La Cañada motorists will soon be forced to obey a 40-mph speed limit on the .2-mile section of the Angeles Crest Highway between Foothill Boulevard and the Foothill (210) Freeway onramp, city officials decided Tuesday. Previously, the segment was...

The California Department of Transportation will shake things up along the Golden State (5) Freeway near the intersection of Buena Vista Street and Winona Avenue starting Monday.
As part of an ongoing interchange construction project at Empire Avenue,...

It was a sad day on Dec. 16 when the City Council approved the large 550 N. Third St. mixed-use project without adequately responding to concerns about it. This project is attractive and might work if there were fewer apartments, more parking, much more open space, traffic impacts were mitigated and it wasn’t on the same busy street as the mall, YMCA, a senior-living complex and Burbank High School. Mayor Dave Gordon and Vice Mayor Bob Frutos voted against approval. They were overrun by Councilwoman...

As road construction continues on the Golden State (5) Freeway, expanded bus service closing the “transit gap” between the cities of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena could ease traffic impacts in the region, local officials say.
The proposed expansion of bus service would connect the Metro Red and Orange Line station in North Hollywood to the Gold Line station at Lake Avenue in Pasadena, with a stop at the Burbank Bob Hope Airport.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board last week...

A 39-year-old Burbank property owner died Wednesday in an industrial accident during which a 22-foot telephone pole fell and struck the back of his head, police said.
The man, who was the owner of a parking lot in the 4400 block of Empire Avenue where the accident occurred, was directing traffic in the street as crews were working to replace the telephone pole, said Burbank Police Officer Cindy Guillen.
The pole, which weighed roughly 450 pounds, became unsteady during its removal and fell onto the...

A group of projects intended to relieve the traffic impacts of construction projects on the Golden State (5) Freeway were approved last week by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority.
The slate of traffic mitigation measures, which are projected to cost around $17 million, was developed through discussions between Metro staff and officials from the cities of Burbank and Glendale, the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority and other agencies.
The list of 19 projects includes efforts...

Drivers can expect delays along Hollywood Way between Clark Avenue and Alameda Avenue, due to road work that begins Monday, Oct. 6. The work is anticipated to last around two months.
The road will remain open to traffic during construction, but lane closures and detours will be in effect during certain phases of the work. In areas where parking will be restricted, workers will post “No Parking” signs 48 hours ahead of starting work.
Contractors will be performing concrete repairs,...

A two-hour parking restriction on a small stretch of Lexington Avenue in downtown Glendale was extended by four hours following ongoing complaints from residents that customers at a nearby restaurant are taking their street parking.
The City Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to extend the parking restriction that used to go from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday where Lexington meets Central Avenue.
Residents living in the area submitted a petition last year to make their street...

Good morning readers! Today is Saturday, August 30, 2014. Temperatures today are forecasted to reach a high of 92 degrees in the Glendale area and a low of 68.
Headlines from the area:
- A local Burbank church may have to find a new home, as there's a proposal to build a 241-unit luxury apartment complex on top of a Whole Foods market, dubbed "Talaria at Burbank," on the site, owned by the Cusumano Real Estate Group.
- Phillip Scozzola Jr., a longtime golf professional who oversaw DeBell Golf Club,...